After months of "tense" negotiations with
has-beens—during which Syfy considered hiring a whole new cast because who
gives a shit?—Ian Ziering and Tara Reid have officially signed on for Sharknado 2: The Second One. But Ziering
and Reid won't be battling these sharks with weedwackers and chainsaws
in Los Angeles. The new film, which will surely be as awful as the first, is headed
for the east coast:

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In Sharknado 2, a freak
weather system turns its deadly fury on New York City, unleashing a
"sharknado" on the city's population and its most iconic sites, with
Fin and April the only ones able to save the city.

According
to Thomas
Vitale, the network's chief of programming and original features, Syfy is very excited about the new film. And Vitale
harnesses the incredible power of wordplay to express
that excitement: "Sharknado was an extraordinary
'perfect storm' which captured the attention of movie fans across the globe,"
he said. "By reassembling the creative team – and dropping sharks onto New
York's iconic sites – we're unleashing yet another 'fin' wave of shark-mania."

The Syfy movie is scheduled to begin filming in
New York City Feb. 13 and will dominate your Twitter feed for 24 hours one day in
July.